Mourinho's Notebook - November 28
Moyes Will Be Moyes
Let's take a second to congratulate David Moyes on his bravery and resiliance for not only bouncing back into management this quickly but also for accepting a job in a foreign country with a foreign language. Away from the English media, sure, but that doesn't make it much easier.
Ok, now let's laugh at him for not knowing his own Real Sociedad players names.
"Stefano, Stefano!" ... there is not Stefano. The guy he's actually calling for is Esteban Granero, who isn't exactly a nobody either. He's a former Spanish youth international who played 67 times for Real Madrid and even played a season in England against Moyes for QPR. Moyes also had to check with his bench which player Chory Castro was.
Granero's actually a really fascinating guy, a psychology student, equally willing to talk about philosophy and literature as he is about football, and has been heavily involved in players union matters.
Zlatan Does Stuff
This thing in particular was picking a Dream XI. Involving the likes of Lionel Messi, Patrick Viera, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Fabio Cannavaro, it's a pretty slick looking team, too. But just wait and see who he picks at centre forward to play up front with Messi.
Yep, himself. Humble as always, referring to himself as "Zlatan Ibrahimovic... The God."
Poor Jack
Jack Wilshere limped off injured for Arsenal against Manchester United and now it seems he could miss up to four months with that ankle knock. He's already had surgery to repair ankle ligaments, instagramming this little message.
Arsenal have a history of injury struggles but nobody epitomises that more than Jack Wilshere. Here's TalkSport's infographic on the perennially hurt Jacko.
One drama not worth spewing back up for The Gunners, despite the ignorant insistence of the tabloids, is that Olly Giroud thing. The Frenchman didn't play midweek in the Champions League because he WASN'T REGISTERED IN TIME! Oh, wow, what a cockup!
Wait, except that he broke his leg about a week before the squads were finalised. Broke his leg. Yeah, so that's why that happened.
Anyway, here's Alexis Sanchez not getting a free-kick.